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DDT
comprised of active ingredient(s) + inert ingredient(s)
DDT- dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane
Common Compound:
PBO-> piperonyl butoxide
High toxicity-
IS STILL MANUFATURED IN THE U.S.
Metconazole: Fungicide
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has defined pesticide as:
Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals, causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport, or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances that may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids, or other pests in or on their bodies.
In short,
a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.
According to the law, a pesticide is any substance "intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest...."
Honestly, they are just meant to KILL THINGS.
Chemical structure:
Target organism:
This includes antimicrobials and bug repellents that are used in everyday life.
However...
Agent Orange (Dioxin)
Through the work of chemists, pesticides have helped reduce disease and have helped farmers produce bigger crops.
While there are detrimental health effects and consequences to our environment, pesticides have helped control pests.
Go Chemistry!
Pesticides are meant to KILL things, so why are we putting these chemicals into our bodies?
Chemicals that cause neurological health effects: organophosphates and carbamates
(very common!)
estimated 3 million cases of pesticide poisoning each year and up to 220,000 deaths, primarily in developing countries.
Chemical breakdown
Photodegradation
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